GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF ECTOPIC BEATS INDUCED BY SPATIALLY LOCALIZED NA-K PUMP INHIBITION IN ATRIAL NETWORK MODELS

被引:63
作者
WINSLOW, RL
VARGHESE, A
NOBLE, D
ADLAKHA, C
HOYTHYA, A
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA, ARMY HIGH PERFORMANCE COMP RES CTR, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455 USA
[2] UNIV OXFORD, PHYSIOL LAB, OXFORD OX1 3PJ, OXON, ENGLAND
[3] MIT, DEPT ELECT ENGN, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
基金
英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1098/rspb.1993.0126
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A biophysically detailed two-dimensional network model of the cardiac atrium has been implemented on the Thinking Machines massively parallel CM-5 supercomputer. The model is used to study the effects of spatially localized inhibition of the Na-K pump. Na overloading produced by pump inhibition can induce spontaneous, propagating ectopic beats within the network. At a cell-to-cell coupling value yielding a realistic plane wave conduction velocity of 0.6 m s(-1), pump inhibition in roughly 1000 cells can induce propagating ectopic beats in a 512 x 512 lattice of cells.
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